Sunil Gavaskar made a comment adhering to Kohli’s weak performance in that match by saying that Kohli only faced Anushka’s bowling during the lockdown and that he has watched the video and nothing is going to happen because of that incident. This commentary of his went viral as many thought it was unnecessary to bring in Kohli’s private life and Anushka Sharma to talk about Kohli’s performance. 

Things started heating up after Anushka Sharma took social media to call out Gavaskar for making ‘distasteful’ comments against her. She argued that it was unnecessary for him to use her name as the wife of Kohli to talk about his cricket performance. She instigated on why he could not have the same respect for Kohli and her that he has for other cricketers’ private life and suggested that he could have used other words and sentences that did not have to include her name in the commentary. She concluded by telling that this is how she felt after hearing his commentary. 

Following this, many thought that Gavaskar’s comments were sexist without knowing that he was referring to a video which surfaced social media, showing Kohli and Sharma playing cricket. It seems like his sentences did not carry any double meanings and such things that netizens criticised him for. This was clarified by Gavaskar himself and he claimed that his comments against Anushka are not sexist. However, it is still seen as an unnecessary thing to do by many. Netizens supporting Sharma say that he could have easily not brought in her name to comment on her husbands game and supporters of Gavaskar say that she is taking things in the wrong way and blowing them out of proportion. 

In conclusion, Gavaskar told India Today, "Firstly, I would like to say, where am I blaming her, I'm not blaming her. I am only saying that the video showed she was bowling to Virat. Virat has only played that much bowling in this lockdown period,"